Volume and price recorder



May 28, 1929. Q A, ROSS '1,114,731

VOLUME AND PRICE RECORDER Filed Jan. 19. l1922 s sheets-sheet 1 lill May 2s, 1929. C, A, ROSS '1,114,731

VOLUME AND PRICE RECORDER Filed Jan. 19, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 C. A. ROSS- VOLUME AND PRICE RECORDER May 2s, 1929.

Filed Jan. 19, 1922 5 Sheets-Shee?l Patented May 28, 1929.

IUNI'I'ED STATES nPATENT oFFlcE.

' CLARENCE A. ROSS, 0F JOLIET, ILLINOIS, .ASSIGNOR v0F ONELHALF TO WILLIAM l'.

NHORS'IlINGr, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' VOLUME AND PRICE RECORDER.

Application led January 19, 1922. Serial No. 530,302.

This invention relates to a volume and price recording attachment for use on a machine'for measuring and vending liquids.

It is an object of this invention to provide a liquid dispensing machine with a device adapted to punch, cut oii' and deliver a ticket from a roll of tickets in order that the volume of liquids delivered together with the exact price thereof will be detinitely indicated by a punch mark on the issued ticket.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a liquid pumping machine vwith a ticket delivering mechanism which is so connected to coact with the pumping machine that a ticket cannot be punched and delivered unless liquidis actually pumped.

" Another object of the invention 'is the construction of a ticket issuing recorder, co-operatively mounted on a liquid pump to cause a punch mechanism to travel past a ticket by the motion of the pump operating mecha? nism to permit the ticket to be punched to indicate the volunie and price of the liquid f dispensed, to sever the punched ticket from the roll of tickets and to deliver the punched ticket from the machine by the operation of an auxiliary handle. A' Y,

It is a further object of the invention to provide a liquid dispensing machine with a recorder having a-moving punch mechanism ,adapted to be operated at the4 completion of a pumping operation to punch a ticket to correctly indicate the numbervof gallons of liquid dispensed, together'with the total price thereof, depending upon the price per gallon at which the ticket is set.

It is furthermore an object of the invention to provide a recording device for an oil dispensing machine, said device having a roll of tickets, each ticket of which is printed to 'cover a plurality of prices per gallon of oil together with the total prices covering different quantities of oil.

It is an important object of this invention to .provide an oil dispensing machine with a recording device having' tickets adapted to be set to correspond to a givenfprice per gal punched ticket from the roll of tickets and allows the severed ticket to drop by gravity through a discharge chute.

Other and `further important objects of this invention will beA apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

The invention (in a prefered form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a liquid pumping machine equi ped with a volume and price recorder em odying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the recorder removed from the machine.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3 3H of Figure 2, showing parts i-n elevation.

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3, showing a portion of 'the ticket reel.

Fig/ure 5 is a transverse section taken on line 55 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 isa transverse section taken on line 6 6 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a sectional view' taken on 7*7 of Figure 4.

Figure 8 is a section taken on line 8-8 of Figure 4.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary detail section taken on line.9-9 of Figure 7.

Figure 10 is a 'detail view taken on line 10-10 of Figure 3.

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Figure 11. is a detail section taken on line) 11-11 of Figure' 4.

Figure 12 is a developed plan of the ticket roll showing one of the tickets punched. As shown on the drawings: The reference numeral 1 indicates a gasoline oroil pump adaptedcto be operated in the usual manner by means of a crank 2. The crank 2 is attached to and operates a spindle 3 (Fig. 7) having a pinion 4 secured thereon and meshing with a rack bar 5 b which the piston of the pump is operate The spindle 3 which has secured on-the end thereof a toothed clutch member 6 complemental to the toothed clutch hub 7 of a. large gear 8, constitutes the operating means .or actuat'or for the recording mechanism to housing 9 and has the toothed hub thereof held in engagement with the clutch member 8 by a spring 8a. A projecting wall 10 1s A disposed at right anglesjon the housing 9. 5 Attached to the projecting wall 10 is a main casin or housing 11 enclosing the ticket punc ing and cutting mechanisms. Meshing with the large gear 8 is a small gear or pinion 12, (Fig. 8) which Ais secured on 10 one end of a worm or feed screw 13 positioned within the main housing 11 and provjecting into the auxiliary housing 9. Pivotally mounted within the'auxiliary housing j 9 is a pawl 14 (Fig. 10) having a tooth or 15 lug 15 projecting at right angles therefrom t into thejplane of thelarge gear 8. A springv 16 is engaged with the pawl 14 and acts to hold the same out of engagement with the large gear 8 and in contact vwith the periph- '20.a ery of a circular disk 17 having a notch 18 in the periphery thereof to receive the pawl.

J ournalled longitudinally within the housing 11 -is an operating or driving shaft 19, one end of wh'ich rejects outof the housing 11 and has a han le or crank 20. The other end of the shaft 19 projects into the auxiliary housing 9 and has the notched disk 17 secured thereon.- Keyed Ion the shaft 19 adjacent the wall of the auxiliary housing 9 .is

a mutilated j gear 21. Rigidly secured on each end of the shaft 19 is a disk `22 having a peripheral" tooth 23 V(Fig.- 5). Also secured on vthe shaft 19 adjacent the inner sides of the Adisks 22 isA a pair-of disks 24,

or otherwise secu-red on the s'haft`19 adjacentthe inner sides of disks 24 is a -pair of disks 26 (Fig. 4) each having a peripheral tooth 27.

l housing 11 is a shaft 28, one end of which is journalledA in the ywall of the auxiliary` housing 9, while the other end rojects into ano emng 1n the outer end wal of the main 45`'l`1ous1ng.11.,Ke'yed on the'inner end of the shaft-28 adjacent the auxiliary housing 9.is

a Geneva or mutilated ear 29 which isdisposed in the plane of t e mutilated gear 21 -to coact'therewith. Rotatably engaged on the shaft28 is a sleeve 30 having a pair o spaced friction feed rolls 31 formed thereon t0 coact with friction feed rolls 32 'formed on a. ticket feed shaft 33. yThe shaft `33 is journalled in brackets 34 and 35 formed on Atle wall 10. The bracket 35 is provided with an opening in which the outer end of the sleeve 30 is rotatably engaged. The end of the. rsleeve 39 projecting through the bracket 35 is provided with clutch teeth 36 with which the clutch teeth 37 of a clutch member 38 interlock. The clutch member l30 locked with the shaft 28. The clutch 6 member 38 is engaged'in the opening in the each having a'peripheraltooth 25. Keyed.

Disposed longitudinally within the main 4the teeth 27 of the disks 26.

end wall of the `housing 11 and is covered by means of the long arm 39 of a bell crank plate. The bell crank plate is pivoted by means of a screw 40 on the outer surface of the end wall of the housing 11. The short arm 41 of thebell crank p'late'abuts against a stop lug 42 formed on the housing 11. To

hold the bell crank plate lockedin placeagainst rotation, a key-operated lock 43 is mounted on the back ofthe housingl 11`so that the latch bolt 44 of said lock may be projected across the plane of the short bell crank 41, as illustrated in Figure 2.

Rotatably engaged on the sleeve 30 adjai .engaged in horizontal recesses 48 (Fig. 5)

provided in supporting blocks 49 secured in the lower rear corners of the housing 11. Springs 50 are seated inrecesses in. the blocks49 and engage the ends of the cutter bar 47, to hold the same in releasegposition against the lower ends of the hook arms 45.

As shown in Fig. 8,J supported in notched portions-of the blocks 49'ar the ends of two parallel punch block guide barsV 51 which are separated by spacer blocks 52 to afford a' ticket slot 54 therebetween. Bolts 53 hold the guide bars 51 secured'in, place.

Rotatably engaged on the sleeve 30 adja- Cent the'hook arms 45 is va pair of spaced bell crank members each comprising a short inthe plane of the disks 24 to beacted upon by the .teeth 25 to throw the short bell crank arms 54 rearwardly and the long 'bell' crank arms'55 outwardly. rIhe feed screw 13 is supported Vby ,the long'bell crank arms 55 and is moved outwardly' therewith.

Asshown in Fig. 6, also rotatably mounted on the sleeve 30 adjacent the bell crank mem- 1 bers 54-#55 is a pair of spaced brackets or f arms 56 having projections or teeth 57 integrally formed thereon for coaetion with Integrally connected to the arms '56 are lugs or fingers 58 which project inwardly toward one another, as shown in Figure 3, and have secured thereto a-horizontally disposed channel bar 59. Engaged around the sleeve 30 is a spring 60, one end of which is bent to engage the short arm 54 of one of the bell crank members 54..-55, while the other end of said spring 60 engages one of the arms 5G.

v The device is Provided with a traveling punch mechanism comprising a slidable punch pin,61 which is supportedg in a recessed punch block 62. A spring 63l is engaged right angleslto a ticket slot 65. The punch` block is provided with a concave recess 66 having partial threads to permit the feed screw 13, when rotating, to advance the punch block. The punch block 62 is provided with an integral arm 67 (Fig. 3) having a projecting pin 68 to which one end of a coiled punch block return spring 69 is attached. The other end of the spring 69 is connected to the auxiliary housing 9.

Mounted within the housing 11 is a ticket i guide chute 70 (Figs. 4 and 7) having open,-

ings in the walls thereof to permit the ticket feed rolls 31 and 32 to project therein. -Attached to the bottom of the housing 11 around va ticket discharge opening 71 is a ticket discharge chute 72. Fastened on the outer surfaceof the wall 10 is a metal strapor bracket 73 affording an opening l74 for receiving the flange 75 secured to a reel sup porting casing 7 6. vThe reel casing 76 is held secured in place by a set screw 80 and has a roll of printed tickets 77 rotatably supported therein. A pair of guide rolls 78 is Vmounted within the casing 76 between which the printed ribbon passes when leaving Said casing'through an outlet slot 79. The ribbon passes into aslot in the top of the housing 11 into the guide chute 70 and between the feed rolls 31 and 32 and between the guide bars 51 on which the block travels. The upper portion of the housing 11 is provided with a sight opening 81, through which aportion of the ribbon can be` seen. An in- `dicating arrow is placed on the housing 11 nearthe sight opening 81 to afford aguide for setting the ribbon.

As illustrated in Figure 12, the ribbon 77' rinted to cover a pluralityjof integral tic ets each covering a plurality of different prices A per gallon of gasoline or other liquid, said prices, as shown, ranging from 18d to 23e. lhe ticketpis also printed to indicate the total prices B at a given rate kvper gallon for different quantities C ofv gasoline ranging from 1 to 15 gallons. The

ribbon is set so that the particular price at which the gasoline is to be sold, for example 2095, is positioned in the sight opening 81, as

shown 1n Figure 3, to register with the in. `dieating arrowl llns setting positions the 20c section of the ticket withiirthe housing 11 in position to register with the punch pin 6l.

The operation is as follows: As'illustrated in Figure 1, the volume and price recorder of this invention is adapted to be attached to the frame of a gasoline pump 1 to receive a drive from the spindle 3 through the large gear 8 and the small gear 12. The ticket reel casing 76 is removably supported above the housing 11 and is held in place by means of the set screw 8O which engages against the supporting flange 75. The reel casing is provided with a removable cover to permit a roll of printed tickets 77 to be rotatably supported within the casing.

The printed ticketribbon is trainedbetween the rolls 78 and passes out of the casing 76 through the outlet passage 7 9 and enters the top of the housing 11. The ribbon then passes downwardly through the guide chute 70 and is visible through the sight opening 81 shown in Figure 3. ,The ribbon passes between the feed rollers 31 and 32 and downwardly through the housing between the punch block guide bars 51 to the ticket discharge chute 72.

When gasoline is to be sold at a given price per gallon, say twenty cents, the ticket ribbon 77 is adapted to be properly set by retracting the latch bolt 44 of the key lock 43.. The i Vuntil the required price twenty cents registers with the sight opening 81 and with the indicating arrow shown in Figure This adjustment of the ribbon positions a ticket within the housing 11 so that the portion of said ticket bearing the figures corresponding vto the twenty cent rate will be positioned in the plane of theipunch pin 61. The clutch member` 38 is now placed back in position and the shutter plate 39 is moved into closing position, as shown in Figure 2. The lock 43 is then operated by means of akey-to project the latch bolt 44 to hold the shutter plate locked against movement between the stop lug 42 and the latch bolt 44. Y

To operate the p-ump 1 the crank 2 is rotatedto elevate the pump rack bar 5 to cause the pump to pump gasoline from a storage tank. At the end of the upward stroke'of the rack bar, the same is released to permit tion repeated .until the required 'volume of gasoline has been pumped. With the rotation of the crank 2, the spindle 3 is rotated, thereby causing rotation of the large gear 8 and the small gear 12 on the feed screw 13. The feed screw 13 is thus rotated thereby for Asetting 'the punch in accordance with the quantity dispensed by advancing the punch block 62 across the ticket to a point indicating the' number of gallons of gasoline discharged by the pump.V Vitv-h the advance of the punch block 62 the control spring 69 is tensioned.

The crank 20 is now rotated, thereby rotating the shaft 19 and the notched disk 17 within the auxiliary housing 9. The pawl 14 is thus moved out of the notch 1 8 against the action of the spiing 16 and tracks on the periphery of the disk 17, at the same time having been moved into locking engagement with vthe teeth of the large gear 8 (see Figure 10), thereby locking said gear and the. pump ciaiik 2 against movement. Rotation of the shaft 19 iotates the disks 26 causing the teeth 27 to ride over the teeth 57 of the arms 56, as illustrated in Figures 4 and 6. The arms 56 are thus swung downwardly whereby the channel bar 59 is forced rearwardly thereby actuating the punch pin 61 to punch the ticket at a set position indicated by the punch hole D in Figure 12. The ticket is thus punched, thereby indicating the number of gallons of gasoline delivered by the pump and the tot-al cost of the same at a certain rate per gallon depending on the setting of the ticket. As shown in 'Figure 12,` the punchholeindicates l9 'gallons at a total cost of $1.80 at 20 per gallon. i

The disks 24 arealso rotated with the shaft 19 and immediately after the punching of the ticket the teeth I25 of said ldisks are brought into engagement with the teeth of the shor-t arms 54 of the bell `crank members, thereby causing the long arms 55 of the belll crank members to swing outwardly carrying the feed screw 13 out of engagement with the punch block. As soon as the punch block /62 is released by the feed screw, the tensioned spring 69 acts automatically to return the punch block back into. its initial position shown in Figure 8. It will be evident from Figure 6 that the spring 60 acts 'downwardly `upon arms 54 when arms 56 are contacted downwardly by the teeth of disks 24 to return the vfeed screw back into 22 move into engagement with the teeth 46 of the hook arms 45. Said arms 45 are thereby` forced rearwardly pushing the cutting' bar-- 47 rearwardly, thus cutting 'off the punched ticket from the remainder of the ribbon. The punched ticket which has been cut off falls by gravity through the ticket discharge chute 72. The springs 50 act automatically to return the cutting bar 47 to release position after a cutting operation.

The punching operation, the release of theseated engagement in the disk notch 18, 'i thereby unlocking the large gear 8 and the pump crank 2 for the next operation of the pump. IVith the feeding of the punched ticket through the recorder the next ticket is moved into position ready to be punched with the next operation ofthe pump and recorder.

The ticket ribbon may be printed to take care of any series of prices per gallon and with the total prices for any desired range of gallons other than those shown on the ticket form illustrated iii Figure 12. If desired a duplicate ticket ribbon may be run through the recorder with the main ticket v ribbon to permit a record to be kept by the operator of the pump.

When the large gear 8 is released by the pawl 14, the crank 2 is permitted to be rotated in a reverse direction to lower the rack 5 and thel pump piston. The spring controlled clutch members and 7 Apermit lowering of the rack after a pumping opeiation.

I am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied. through a wide range without departing from the` principles of this invention,- and I therefere .do not purpose'liniiting the patent granted other- 100 wise than necessitated by the prioi' art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a liquid dispenser having pump actuating mechanism and a punch set thereby in accordance with the quantity dispensed,

a ticketlweb, manually actuatedmeans for rsuccessively locking said mechanism and actuating said punch, for punching said ticket web. i

2. In a liquid dispenser having pump aca tuating mechanism and a punch set thereb in accordance with the quantity dispense i a manually rotatable member, means actuated by said member for locking and maintaining said pump Aagainst actuation and a punch actuating device operated by said member after the locking of said pump.

3. Ina liquid dispenser having pump actuating mechanism and a punch setthereby in accordance with thel quantity dispensed, a manually rotatable shaft, means actuated by said shaft for locking said pump, a punch actuating device, a punch releasing device, and means operated by said shaft for effecting the operation of said devices.

4. In a liquid dispenser comprising pump actuating mechanism and indexing mechanism set thereby 'in accordance` with the quantity dispensed, a manually operable member, means successively operated by said l member for actuating said indexing mechanism and returning the same to initial position.

5. In a liquid dispenser comprising pump actuating mechanism and indexingmechanism set thereby in accordance With the quantity dispensed, a ticket web over which said indexing mechanism is set, a manually actuable shaft, means actuated by said shaft for locking said pump, and operating said indexing mechanism and driving mechanism for said ticket. web operatively connected to said shaft after the actuation of said indexing mechanism.

6. In a liquid dispenser comprising pump actuating mechanism and a punch set thereby in accordance With the quantity dispensed, a ticket web with respect to which said punch is set, manually actuable means for disabling said pump and actuating said punch for indicatingr upon said ticket web' the quantity dispensed, means for returning said punch to initial position and driving mechanism for said ticket Web operatively connected with said manually actuable means after the actuation of said punch.

7 In a liquid dispenser comprising pump actuating mechanism and a punch set thereby in accordance With the quantity dispensed, a ticket web with respect to which said punch is set, manually operable means for locking said pump actuating mechanism and operating said punch and driving mechanism for said ticket Webv connectable with said manually operable means after the operation of said punch.

8. ln a liquid dispenser comprising a pump actuating mechanism operably connected with an indexing device for setting tliesame in accordance with the quantity dispensed, a ticket web with respect to which said indexing mechanism is set, a manually operable shaft, means operated by said shaft for effecting engagement of said indexing mechanism and ticket web and driving mechanism for said ticket web operably connected With said shaft after the indexing operation.

9. ln a liquid dispenser comprising pump operating mechanism and an indexing mechanism set thereby in accordance with` the quantity dispensed, a ticket `Web with respect to which said indexing mechanism is set, manually operated means for locking said pump and actuating said indexed mechanism, and driving mechanism for said ticket web adapted to be connected With said means after the indexing operation.

l0. In a liquid dispenser comprising pump actuating mechanism and an indexing mechanism set thereby-in accordance With the quantity dispensed, a ticket web with respect to which said indexing mechanism is set, a manually rotatable shaft, means operated by said shaft for locking said pump actuating mechanism, and operating said indexing mechanism for marking said ticket web, means set' in motion by the rotation of said shaft for returning said indexing mechanism to initial position anddriving mechanism for said ticket web connectable with said shaft after a partial revolution thereof.

1l. In a liquid dispenser, dispensing mechanism, a ticket strip, a punching member, a connection between said punching member and said dispensing mechanism whereby said punching member is moved `relative to the strip according to the quantity dispensed, a'

manually actuated member, and'means actuated by said actuable member for locking said dispensing mechanism and eEect-ing engagement of said punching member and ticket strip.

12. In a liquid dispenser, dispensing mechanism, a ticket strip, a punching member, a connection between said punching member and said dispensing mechanism whereby said punching member is set in accordance with the quantity dispensed, a manually actuable shaft, locking mechanism actuated by said shaft for locking said dispensing mechanism, other mechanism actuated by said shaft for eecting engagement of said punching member and ticket strip, and a driving connection between said shaft and ticket member operable after the punching oper-y.

ation.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto subscribed my name.

CLARENCE A.. ROSS. 

